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LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD. 



WOOD-CUTTER and his wife had a sweet little girl, who 
on account of the scarlet hood she wore was called “ Little 
Red Riding Hood” One day her mother said to her : 

“ Granny has been very ill. Put on your hood, and take her these 
cheese-cakes and this pat of fresh butter.” Little Red Riding 
Hood started off, and soon came to a wood through which she had 
to pass. A wolf met her and asked her where she was going, and 
she told him ; and he said he would run ahead and see who would 
get there first. So he ran all he way to the cottage and rapped 
at the door. “Who is there?” asked grandmother. “It is I,” 
said the wolf in a soft voice, “ Little Red Riding Hood ; I have j 
brought you nice fresh cakes and butter.” “ Pull the bobbin, and 
the latch will fly up,” called out the grandmother ; and the wolf did 
so and ate up the poor old lady. Then he put on her nightgown 
and frilled cap and got into bed. After a while Red Riding Hood j 
came and knocked at the door, and the wolf said in a soft voice, 

“ Pull the bobbin and the latch will fly up.” The little girl came 
in, put down her basket, and soon crawled into bed beside her 
grandmother, as she thought. But she did not feel at ease, and, 
seeing the hairy arms, she said, “ What long arms you have, grand- 
mother!” “The better to hug you with, my child!” Then 
she said, “ What great ears you have, grandmother!” “The bet- j 
ter to hear with, my dear !” “ What large eyes you have, grand- j 

mother ! ” “ The better to see with, my dear ! ” “ But — what 

— great — teeth — you have!” “The better to eat with, my 
dear ! ” and so saying the wicked wolf fell upon poor Red Riding 
Hood and ate her all up. 






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CINDERELLA. 



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the child most 
like a servant 
took their ease, 
laces. When her 
the hearth, among 
forthat reason they 
The step-mother 
kindly, and the poor 
it, but made no com- 
One day the king 
claim that a ball would 
Prince, his son, and all 
girls were invited to 
Such a time as there was 
sisters were in a great 
preparation, and j j(M , 
from early morn- 
the evening 

her two sisters, and they went off to the ball in grandeur, while she 
sat down in the chimney corner and wept bitter tears. While she 
sat thus her fairy godmother appeared and asked what was the mat- 




NCE upon a time there 
lived a widower and his 
daughter, and she was 
as sweet a child as ever lived ! 
The father decided to marry 
again, and took for a wife a 
widow with two daughters, 
who he fancied would be 
company for his own little 
girl. But they were cross 
and unpleasant, and treated 
shamefully, making her work 
and dress in rags, while they 
and dressed in silks and fine 
work was done she sat on 
the ashes and cinders, and 
called her Cinderella, 
treated her just as un- 
irl had a hard time of 
plaint to her father, 
heralds to pro- 
be given for the 
the young 
dance at it. 
The two 
flutter of 
Cinderella was kept busy 
ing till late at night. At last 
came, and Cinderella dressed 


ter. “You want to go to the ball?’’ said she. “Well, so you shall. 

“ But how can I go in these rags ?” cried Cinderella. “I llsoonfix that. I 
Only do as I tell you,” was the reply. A pumpkin was brought in 
and a rat-trap filled with rats and mice, and these, at a touch from 
the magic wand, were transformed into a fine coach with driver and 
footmen. Another touch of the wand, and Cinderella s rags turned 
into a beautiful dress, and on her feet were slippers that shone like 
glass. “Now go to the ball,” said the Godmother, “but be sure and 
come away before twelve o’clock, or you will find yourself in rags. 

Cinderella went to the ball, and was the most beautiful woman 
there, and the Prince fell madly in love with her. It was nearly 
twelve o’clock when Cinderella remembered, and flew away — just 
in time. For outside the door her clothes turned to rags, and the i 
rats and mice went scurrying off. Soon after she reached home I 
the sisters came in and told her all about the ball, and the lovely 
Princess who was there. She begged to go to the second ball, 
which was to take place the next night; but they laughed at her 
scornfully. The fairy Godmother came again, and used her magic 
wand, and at the ball Cinderella was the admiration of all. The 
Prince was so attentive and the time passed so swiftly that Cinder- 
ella forgot. And when she looked at the clock, it was on the < 
stroke of twelve! She left in haste, and as she ran down the stairs 
her clothes changed to rags, and away went one of her glass slip- j 
pers. The Prince picked it up. The next day there was great I 
excitement, for the Prince drove out with heralds who proclaimed 
that he was willing to marry the maid who could wear the glass 
slipper. Such a squeezing time as there was! Cinderella asked 
to try it on. The sisters laughed ; but the Prince said “Why not?” 
and lo! the slipper went on easily! The Godmother appeared with 
the mate to it, and then the Prince and the two sisters knew that 
Cinderella was the Princess they had met at the ball. Cinderella 
married the Prince, and they were the happiest couple in the world. 












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PUSS IN BOOTS. 


HERE was once a Miller who died leaving three sons. 
The eldest received his mill ; the second his cow ; and 
the youngest nothing but his cat. “You need not be 
anxious, dear master” said the cat, seeing his trouble, “get me a 
bag and a pair of boots, and you shall be rich. The young man 
complied, and Puss went a hunting. When he had bagged some 
fine rabbits he went to court, and, laying them before the King, 
said : “My Master, the Marquis of Carabas’ best service to your 
Majesty,” and the King, well pleased, accepted the gift. 

Puss then made his master bathe in a stream by which the 
King was to dine, and as the. royal suite drew near cried, “ Help! 
help! thieves have stolen my masters clothes, and the Marquis 
will drown.” Then the King seeing his old friend Puss, sent at 
once for garments, and the Millers son, dressed like a prince, was 
taken into the King’s own carriage. Meantime, sly Puss runs on 
before, telling men at work in the meadows, and reapers at work 
in the fields, “ These lands belong to the Marquis of Carabas, 
and unless you tell the King so when he passes you shall be chop- 
ped to mince meat. Puss then came to a castle where an ogre 
lived, famed for being able to change himself into different ani- 
mals, and he begged the ogre to show his power. The ogre at 
once became a lion, and Puss, frightened, asked him to be some- 
thing smaller. Then the ogre obligingly became a mouse and 
Puss gobbled him up in a flash. Thus Puss gained a castle for 
his master, and the King pleased with what he had seen of the 
young man chose him for a son-in-law. 

So the Miller’s son wedded the King’s daughter, and they 
all lived in great prosperity and happiness, never forgetting to 
show Puss the greatest respect and attention. 





BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. 

RICH man had three daughters, the 
youngest of whom was named 
Beauty. She was a good girl, and 
her father loved her dearly. When he lost nearly all his money, and 
had to live in a poor way, Beauty kept things bright and cheer- 
ful, and did all the housework without grumbling. One day he 
was called to the next town on business; and the eldest daughter 
said, “ Bring me a new silk dress ; ” and the second said, “ Bring 
me a purse full of gold.” But Beauty only asked for a rose. The 
old father came back without the money he had hoped to get ; 
and on the way passed a garden full of roses, and leaned over 
the fence to get one. As he broke the stem he heard a low growl, 
and looking up saw a great Beast with a club in its hand. The 
man begged for mercy, and the Beast said he would let him off, if 
he would send instead one of his daughters. Beauty went, and 
found the Beasts house very lovely, and in the breakfast-room 



was a table set for two. She sat down and poured the coffee, and 
the Beast sat opposite to her and seemed very happy. He was 
very kind to her, and every day he asked her to marry him. One 
day he found her crying because she was homesick, and he told 
her to run home, but to be sure to come back to breakfast the next 
morning. 

Her father was glad to see her, for he thought she was dead ; but 
her sisters were ugly and jealous, and gave her something to drink 
which made her sleep late. When Beauty woke she ran all the 
way to the Beasts house, and hunted through every room, but could 
not find him. Then she ran out into the garden, and there under 
a rose-bush he lay as if dead. Beauty knelt beside him, put her 
arms around his thick neck, and kissed his big ugly head. 

“ Dear Beast, wake up ! ” she cried. “ Don’t die, or I shall die 
too ! I love you so ! ” At these words the Beast jumped up, the 
rough skin dropped from him, and he was the most beautiful 
Prince that was ever seen. He had been enchanted, and only 
Love had power to change his shape. So Beauty and the Beast 
were married and lived happy ever after. 




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GOODY TWO SHOES. 


here was once a sweet little girl who was called Goody 
Two Shoes. For a long time she had only one shoe, 
and when a kind friend gave her two new ones she was 
so proud that she ran through the village, crying, “ See my two 
shoes, my lovely two shoes.” So the people laughed, and gave 
her the name of Goody Two Shoes, by which she was known ever 
afterwards. She soon learned to read and write, and then taught 
the other children of the village who were too poor to go to school. 
She cut letters for them out of wood and made them set up all 
the words they wanted to spell. She was good and kind to every- 
body, and when the old school-mistress died, Goody was made 
school-mistress in her place. She had all sorts of pets and they 
were all very fond of her. Goody knew so much that the people 
in the next village accused her of being a witch. But a host of 
her friends came and told the judge how kind Goody was, and 
instead of being hanged or burnt alive, she was publicly thanked 
for her kindness to the poor. One of the judges of the court fell 
in love with her, and in a short time they were married, and 
Goody Two Shoes became Lady Margery. She lived for many 
years, doing good to all, and making everybody around her as 
happy as possible. 




ALADDIN. 




LADDIN was the only child of a 
poor tailor named Mustafa. He 
was an idle fellow, and would 


not work, nor learn any trade, but spent 
all his time in the streets. Mustafa fell ill and 
died, and then Aladdin and his mother were 
poorer than ever. One day, as Aladdin was 
lounging through the streets, a man came up, and 
clasping him in his arms told Aladdin that he 
was his uncle, his fathers younger brother. He 
made much of the boy, and one morning took 
him for a long walk in the country. 

At a certain place he told Aladdin to 
build a fire, and he did so; when the 
fire and smoke died away, there was 
seen a great flat stone with a ring in 
the centre. The pretended uncle, 
who was really a magician, told 
Aladdin to lift the stone and go 
down into the cavern, and bring 
him the lamp he would find there. 

Aladdin did as he was told, and 
passed through a garden ablaze with 
jewels, many of which he picked 
up and put in his pockets and in the 
bosom of his shirt, where he placed the 
lamp. When he came to the steps he 
asked the magician to give him his hand. But this the magician 
would not do until Aladdin first gave him the lamp. This Aladdin 
refused to do, and the magician in a great rage stamped on the 



ground, threw some perfume on the fire, and the stone slipped 
back into its place. 

Aladdin cried in vain for help, for no one could hear him. In 
his distress he wrung his hands, and happened to rub a ring the 
magician had given him. Instantly a Genie stood before him, and 
said, “ I am your slave as long as you wear that ring. What do 
you want ?” “Take me home,” said Aladdin; and in a moment 
he found himself at his own door, and his mother was delighted to 
see him. All went well with them now, as they had only to rub the 
lamp or the ring to have all their hearts could wish. 

Then Aladdin fell in love with a beautiful Princess, and tried 
hard to win her for his bride. The slave of the lamp built him a 
magnificent palace, and after a while he married the Princess he 
loved, and the two lived happily together. But it was not long be- 
fore the old magician began to make trouble. Finding that Alad- 
din was living in splendor, he bought many new lamps and went 
through the streets of the city crying, “ New lamps for old ! New 
lamps for old!” Aladdin was away, and the Princess and her 
maids were alone in the palace ; and one of the girls took the old 
lamp and gave it to the magician for a new one. As soon as it 
was dark the magician rubbed the lamp and ordered the slave to 
remove Aladdin’s palace to the centre of Africa. When Aladdin 
came back, there was no palace and no Princess ; and the Sultan 
said if his daughter was not brought to him within three days 
Aladdin should be put to death. 

Aladdin was in despair. The lamp was gone, but the ring 
wasjeft! — and giving that a rub the Genie appeared, and trans- 
ported Aladdin to the very walls of his palace. His wife was 
watching for him, and let him in through a secret door, and how 
glad the two were to meet again ! The lamp was found and well 
rubbed, and the slave took the palace and all back again, and 
everybody was as happy as could be. 


HOP O’ MY THUMB. 



HERE was once a poor wood- j 
cutter who hack 
seven childre$|v V ^ 
the youngest of 
whom was so 
small they call- 
ed him Hop o’ 

MyThumb. One 
night Hop over- 
heard his fath 
say, “ Wife, 
cannot keep these 
children any long- 
er. We shall all 
starve to death. 

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lose them." 

And the**** 
mother 
agreed. So 
Hop * 
got up 

early the next 
morning and 
filled his pockets 
with pebbles/ and 
when the family went 
into the woods he dropped 
a stone now and then along the way. 
When night came the children found 


themselves alone, and they began to 
cry. But Hop o’ My 
Thumb told them not to 
cry, for he would lead 
them home ; which 
he did. That night 
the mother could 
sleep, but 
kept crying 
%ut,“ I wish 
he children 
ere here!” 
and with 
that the 
door open- 
ed and in 
they all ran, 
shouting, 
“ Here we are, 
mother !” By-and- 
by they were too 
poor again to feed so 
many mouths, and the 
Fiidrerr were taken to 
the woods for 
the fairies to 
look after. This 
v time Hop o’ My 

Thumb had only 
some crumbs of bread 
with him, which thebirds ate upas soon 
as he scattered them. The children 


cried and cried until they had no more tears to shed, and then 
walked on and on in search of a house. They came to an Ogre’s 
castle, and as he was out the Ogress let them in and gave them 
something to eat, and hid them under the bed. When the Ogre 
came home he cried out, “ I smell little children, and I’ll have 
them for supper !” When they heard this they crept out and ran 
as fast as they could, and hid under a big rock. The next day the 
Ogre gave chase, and being tired lay down on this rock and took 
off his seven-league boots, As soon as the old Ogre was asleep, 
Hop o’ My Thumb put on the fairy boots, and hurried away to the 
Ogre’s castle, and said : 

“ Ogress, Ogre cannot come, 

Give great key to Hop o’ My Thumb.” 

She saw the boots and thought it was all right, so gave him 
the key, and he took away all the gold that was in the castle, and 
gave it to the poor people around. And Hop o’ My Thumb mar- 
ried the King’s Daughter, and they were as happy as the day was 
long. 


THE UGLY DUCKLING. 




SIOWN by the water sat a Duck 
upon her nest, for she had to 
hatch her ducklings, and was 
almost tired out before they came. At 
last one egg-shell after another broke, 
and little creatures stuck up their heads cry- 
ing, “ Peep ! peep ! ” But there was one egg 
that would not seem to hatch, and the mother 
Duck was quite discouraged. At last the egg- 
shell burst and there crept forth a very large 
and very ugly Duckling. The old Duck 
thought it must be a turkey chick, for it was 
not like her other young ones. But the ugly 
* vs-' gray Duckling could swim as well as the rest, 

v vk^ jf not better. But so ugly was it that it was 
scoffed at by all the poultry in the farm-yard, and at last it flew 
over the fence and went down among the wild ducks. But the 
wild ducks did not like its looks, and it went where some wild 
geese were, but had to hide among the reeds for fear of being shot, 
for the hunters were out. Late in the day it came to a peasants 
hut, where lived an old woman with her Tom Cat and her Hen. 
These two did not think much of the Duckling because it could 
neither purr nor lay eggs. So it went 
away, and when winter came on it was 
nearly frozen to death. But when the 
glad spring came the ugly Duckling 
crept down to the water and found it- 
self among some lovely Swans. “ If I 
go near them they will kill me! well let 
them ; ” and as it swam toward them it 
looked down in the water, and lo and behold ! it was no- longer 
an ugly Duckling but a graceful Swan. "p 

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JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. 



HERE was once a widow 
with an only son named 
Jack. He was a lazy 
fellow, and would not work, but spent his 
mothers money so fast that she grew 
poorer and poorer. At last she had noth- 
ing left but a white cow; and Jack, being 
sorry for his ways, took it off to sell it. He met a 
butcher who offered him some bright, colored beans 
for the cow, and the silly boy gave the cow to the butcher 
and was happy over his bargain. But his mother was very 
angry, and took the beans and threw them all into a hole in 
the garden, and Jack went supperless to bed. The next 
morning early Jack went out to look 
at the beans, and found they had 
sprouted in the night and had a 
thick stalk that went up to the sky. 
He at once climbed the stalk, and 
when he got to the top he found 
himself in a strange country. A fairy met him, 
and told him how he might undo the mis- 
chief he had done. She told Jack that his father 
once owned all the land in this country ; but a giant 
killed him, and took all his possessions. She would 
help Jack find the giant, and guard him from danger 
so long as he did well. Jack started off, and at sun- 
set came to a large white house which he knew was 
the giants. He knocked at the door, which was 
opened by a thin old woman of whom he asked shelter 
for the night. She said, “ My husband is a giant, 
and will kill and eat you.” But Jack begged so hard 
she let him in, and gave him something to eat. 

Soon the giant came in, and Jack slipped into the 



oven just in time. After the giant had eaten his supper, he called for 
his hen that laid him a golden egg, whenever he said Lay. 

After a time he grew tired of this play, and fell asleep, and as 
soon as Jack heard him snoring he seized the hen, and slid down 
the beanstalk. His mother was overjoyed to see him; and the 
hen laid golden eggs for them, which they sold, and grew very 
rich. 

After a time Jack climbed the beanstalk again, and made his 
way to the white house, where he begged for food and shelter. 
The old woman shook her head. But Jack begged so hard that 
she let him in, and hid him in the copper boiler. Soon the 
giant came in and, having eaten his supper, called for his money 
bags. He counted over his gold and silver, then tied up the bags 
and went to sleep. As soon as Jack heard him snore he jumped 
out of the boiler, seized the bags, and made off for home as fast as 
he could. 

For a long time Jack stayed at home; but at last he had such 
a strong desire to visit fairy-land again, that he got up early one 
morning and climbed the beanstalk, hoping to get back before his 
mother missed him. The old woman did not recognize him, but 
when he asked for food she shook her head. But Jack begged so 
hard that she let him in, and when she heard the giant coming she 
hid him under a barrel. As soon as the giant entered the house he 
roared out, “ I smell meat ! ” and would not be satisfied until he 
had made a thorough search. When he had finished he cried out, 
“ Bring me my harp !” and when it was brought to him he shouted 
“ Play ! ” and it played the most exquisite music, which soon put 
the giant to sleep. 

As soon as the giant began to snore J ack crawled out, seized 
the harp and started on a run. The harp on being touched 
screamed out ; the giant woke and gave chase, but when he reached 
the top of the beanstalk Jack was at the bottom, and in a moment 
he took an axe and chopped down the beanstalk. The giant fell 
headlong and was killed; and Jack never went up the beanstalk 
again. 




THE THREE BEARS. 


HREE bears lived in the woods, in a house of their own. 
One was a great big Bear, with a deep gruff voice ; the 
second was a smaller Bear, with a middling-sized voice ; 
and the third was a wee-wee Bear, with a voice like a squeak. One 
day they went out for a walk, and while they were gone a little girl 
called Silver-locks passed by, and seeing the nice little house walked 
in and made herself quite at home. She tasted the porridge in the 
three bowls, she sat down in each of the chairs, and tried all the 
beds. And the little wee bed was so soft and nice that she went fast 
asleep. Soon the three bears came in from their walk, and the big 
one roared out : “ Some one has been eating my porridge ! ” Then 
the second and the third bear said the same thing. Then the 
big Bear thought he would sit down, and soon he growled out : 
“ Some one has been sitting in my chair ! ” The other bears said 
the same thing, and all three began to look very grave. Then they 
went upstairs to their bed-room. The big Bear cried out : “ Some 
one has been in my bed ! ” The second one said the same, but not 






so loud; while the wee little Bear squeaked in a wee little voice : 
“ Some one has been in my bed — and here she is ! ” Silver-locks hear- 
ing the noise jumped out of bed, leaped out the window, and 
flew away into the wood, and the three bears all went to bed and 
were soon fast asleep. 




THE BABES IN THE WOOD. 


t a rich gentleman and his wife lived hap- 
two little children, a boy and a girl, until a 
when both the father and the mother died. 

The father had a brother, to whom he gave the care of his 
beloved children. 

After they became orphans, the two little children went to 
live with this uncle, who was a bad man at heart, although he 
was thought to be kind and good. 

Their father had left to these children a large sum of money, 
which was to be divided between them ; but, in case of their 
death, their uncle was to have it. 

One day this wicked uncle sent for two robbers, and bar- 
gained with them to take the children away, and kill them, so 
that he might secure their fortune. 

So the two robbers carried them off to the woods ; but on the 
way the children prattled so innocently that one of the robbers 
took pity on them, and tried to persuade the other to allow the 
children to live. The other robber refused, and the two fought over 
the matter until one of them was killed. 

The other robber then took the babes by the hand, and told 
them to wait for him, and he would go away, and come back, 
bringing them food ; but the poor little brother and sister wan- 
dered up and down, and the robber never came back. 

Finally, with their arms about one another, they fell asleep, 
never to wake again ; and the birds came and sang over them, and 
covered them with leaves. 

After years had passed away, the wicked uncle met with 
many misfortunes, and finally was sent to prison, and died there. 



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pily with their 
sad time came, 



TOM THUMB. 



LONG time ago a ploughman wished for a child, even if it 
was no bigger than his thumb. So one day when he went 
home he found his wife nursing a wee baby, that grew to 
the size of his thumb and then never grew any more. One day 
while his mother was making a plum-pudding, Tom fell into the 
bowl, and his mother stirred him up and put him in the pot. The 
hot water made him kick, and his mother took out the pudding and 
gave it to a passing tinker. Tom cried out “ Hello !” when the tin- 
ker sneezed, which so scared him that he threw the pudding into a 
field and it tumbled to pieces. Tom crept out and went home to 
his mother, who was glad to see him, though he was all over a 
crust of dough and plums. One day he was nearly drowned in the 
milk-jug; another time he was lost in the salt-box; and when he 
went with his mother into the fields to milk the cows, she tied him 
to a thistle with a piece of thread, for fear he should be blown away 
by the wind. Soon after, a cow ate up the thistle and swallowed 
Tom ; but Tom scratched and kicked so she was 
glad to throw him out of her mouth again. Once 
as he was ploughing with his father, a great eagle 
swooped down, caught him in its beak, and 
carried him off to a giant’s castle. The giant 
would have eaten him up, but Tom bit his 
tongue, and held on by 
his teeth till the giant in 
a rage took him out of 
his mouth and threw him 
into the sea, where a 
large fish swallowed him 
immediately. The fish 


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was caught and made a present to King Arthur, and when the cook 
opened, it there was Tom Thumb inside. He was carried to the 
king and became a great favorite and a Knight of the Round Table. 





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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. 


KING and Queen had a dear little baby girl born to them, 
and all the fairies but one were invited to the christen- 
ing. Each of these fairies presented the child with a 
gift ; one gave wealth, another virtue, another beauty, and so on. 
Then the cross old fairy, who had been left out, hobbled into the 
room, and stretching out a bony finger, said; “On her fifteenth 
birthday she shall prick her finger with a spindle and die of the 
wound.” Then there was great sorrow at the court; but another 
fairy spoke up and said : “ She shall not die but shall fall into a 
deep sleep for a hundred years.” The day the child was fifteen 
years old she chanced to be left alone in the castle. Roaming 
about she came to a room in the tower, the door of which was 
locked. She turned the key, and saw there an old woman spin- 
ning flax. “ What is this ?” asked the Princess, taking the spindle 
in her hand. Then she gave a loud scream and fell into a deep 
sleep. When the King and Queen came back, they too fell 
asleep, and every living thing in the palace became as if dead. 
And so it was for a hundred years. 

One day a king’s son was hunting in the woods when he 
came to the Enchanted Palace. With a stout heart he went 
through all the rooms until he came to the couch where the 
sleeping Princess lay. The Prince was so overcome that he knelt 
down and kissed her on her forehead. She at once awoke, and 
so did everybody else in the house. The spell was broken, and 
there were great rejoicings. The next day the Prince and Princess 
were married — the good fairy came to bless them — and they lived 
happily ever after. 




LITTLE SNOW WHITE. 

NCE upon a time a Queen sat by the window with an 
ebony frame in her hand, doing some fine embroidery. It 
was snowing, and she pricked her finger, and as the drops 
of blood fell on the snow, she thought to herself, “ Oh, if I could 
only have a child as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as 
this ebony frame ! ” Not long afterwards a daughter was born to 

her whose skin was snow white, whose 
lips were blood red, and whose hair was 
black as night. She was named Snow 
White ; and when the child was born 
the mother died. 

In about a year the King married 
again, and his wife was very beautiful, 
but very vain. Every day her mirror 
told her that she was the loveliest 
woman in the world. Then she was 
happy. But when Snow White grew 
up, she became more beautiful than 
the Queen, and the mirror said so. 
This made the Queen very jealous, and 
she tried in every way to get rid of 
/M-j*. Snow White, but faile^. The hunts- 
man could not kill her, nor the wild 
beasts devour her. She made her home 
with Seven Dwarfs, who charged her 
to let no one into the house when they 
were away. But the Queen l:ame in 
disguise, and Snow White wasdeceived: 



first with a pair of stays, next with a poisoned comb, and lastly 
with a poisoned apple, which killed her. The Dwarfs could not 
bury her, but kept her in a glass case, and with tears bewailed her 
loss. By and by a King’s son passed through the forest, and 
stopped at the Dwarfs’ house over night. 

He fell in love with Snow White, and offered a large sum for 
the case containing her. But the Dwarfs would not sell it at any 
price. The Prince begged so hard that they took pity on him 
and gave him the case, and as his attendants bore it away they 
stumbled, and the piece of poisoned apple fell out of Snow White’s 
mouth. 

Opening her eyes and raising the lid of the glass case, she ex- 
claimed, “ Where am I ?” Full of joy the Prince answered, ‘‘Safe 
with me!” and told her all that had taken place. She consented 
to go with him to his castle, and there was a grand wedding ; and 
the old Queen was there and danced till she fell down dead. 



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JACK, THE GIANT KILLER. 


CK was a small boy, but he was not afraid of giants. 
He killed the great giant Cormoran, and cut off his head. 
Afterwards he slew the great Welsh giant, whom every- 
body feared. The King’s son became very fond of Jack, and 
told him that the Princess he wished to marry was in the hands 
of an enchanter, and there was no one to set her free. Jack said, 
“ I will do it;” so he went to a castle where lived a three-headed 
giant, and obtained from him an old coat, an old hat and an old 
pair of shoes. 

The coat made Jack invisible, and putting it on he went to 
the house of the enchanter, Gala Gantua, over whose door hung 
a great horn, with the words on it : 

“Whoever can this trumpet blow, 

Shall cause the giant’s overthrow.” 

Jack blew a blast that made the walls shake, and all the 
animals fell down dead. All were Princes and Princesses who 
had been changed into animals by the enchanter, who never let 
them escape. The Prince, who came with jack, found that the 
Princess whom he loved had been changed into a gazelle. They 
were soon married, and went to live in the Prince’s own palace. 
Jack married a high-born lady and they lived happily together in 
the enchanter’s castle. 





When night came on, the Donkey 
and the Dog lay down to rest under a tree, while the Cat and the 
Cock climbed up in the branches. The Cock saw a light in the 
distance, and called to his companions ; and all four decided to 
move on, in hopes of finding there something good to eat. They 
found it a robbers cottage, and robbers were there eating and 
drinking. The Donkey put his fore feet on the window-sill, the Dog 
jumped on his back, the Cat climbed on the Dog, and the Cock 
flew up and perched on the Cat. Then at a given signal the Donkey 
brayed, the Dog barked, the Cat mewed, and the Cock crew, and 
the robbers ran out of the house in a great fright. The four musi- 
cians, having eaten all they wanted, put out the light and went to 
bed. At midnight the robbers sent a messenger back to the house, 
and the Cat spit at him, the Donkey kicked him, the Dog bit him, 
and the Cock cried out “Cock-a-doodle-do !” and the man ran away 
as fast as he could, and the robbers never came near the house 
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BLUE BEARD. 


GENTLEMAN had two daughters, Anne and Fatima. A 
rich man asked that one of the girls should marry him. 
But he was ugly and had a blue beard, and Anne said 
she could not love such a man. But Fatima said she was 
sorry for him, and consented to be his wife. The truth was she 
wanted to be mistress of his fine house. One day Blue Beard 
said to his wife, “I am going away for a year, and will give you 
the keys of the house. You may open every door but the one to 
which this is the key.” She promised never to use it, and he 
kissed her good-bye and went away. 

Anne and Fatima spent much time in wondering what could 
be in that room they were forbidden to enter, and one night 
Fatima took the key and opened the door. She saw the heads 
of five ladies, cut off, and hanging to the wall by their long 
hair. The key dropped from her hand and was stained with 
blood. She and Anne tried to rub it off, but they could not 
cleanse it. Then they heard a voice in the hall. Blue Beard 
had come home! He at once asked for his keys. He saw the 
stain, and said to Fatima, “In half an hour I will cut off your 
head to hang with the others.” The two sisters looked in vain for 
help. Anne leaned out the window thinking each cloud of dust 
was some one coming to their rescue. Blue Beard broke open 
the door, and dragged Fatima out to cut off her head ; when, just 
as he raised his sword, there was a shout, and Fatima’s brothers 
rushed into the hall, and Blue Beard’s head went off in a flash. 
Fatima’s life was saved, but -ever after she was careful about 
opening doors that were locked. 




PRETTY GOLDILOCKS. 



OLDILOCKS was a lovely Princess, with long golden hair, 
and as soon as the young King saw her he fell desper. 
ately in love with her. He sent her rich presents, but 


she sent them all back, and 
Now there lived at 
named Charming, and 
had sent me to 
am sure she / 
back with 
was told the 
jealous at 
Prince up in 
awhile he felt 
Charming 
with rich gifts 
As he rode 
fish lying 
grass, and he 
threw it back 
further on he 
Eagle that 
ter this he 
and set the poor bird 
Palace where the 


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she did not wish to marry, 
the court a young man, 
he said, “ I wish the King 
Princess Goldilocks. I 
would have come 
me.” When this 
King he became 
once and shut the 
a tower. After 
sorry, and set Prince 
free, and sent him 
to the Princess, 
along he saw a 
L gasping on the 
sprang from his horse and 
into the river. A little 
rescued a Raven from an 
was just going to kill it. Af- 
found an Owl caught in a net, 
free. When he came to the 
Princess lived he offered her 
had sent. But she would have 


the gifts the King 
none of them. “ I have made a vow to marry the one who brings 
me the gold ring I lost in the river some time ago.” Charming 
was miserable as he walked by the river-side ; but soon his grief 
turned to joy, when the fish whose life he had saved swam 


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with his head out of the water and the ring in his mouth. Still 
the Princess would not return with Prince Charming to marry the 
King, and the Prince was discouraged. Then she said to the 
Prince, “ Why do you not remain here and marry me and I will 
make you King of my country ? ” This he was too honorable to 
do ; so he took the Princess home to his King, and the two were 
married, and there was a magnificent wedding. But the King was 
still jealous of Charming, and shut him up in the tower to die 
of hunger and thirst. But the King died first, and the Queen 
at once ran to the tower and set Prince Charming free. A 
month later Prince Charming and Goldilocks were married, and 
were the happiest King and Queen that ever lived. 





THE WHITE CAT. 


KING had three sons and he could not make up his 
mind which one should be king after him. So he said 
the one that brings me the prettiest dog at the end of a 
year shall be king ; and the three princes started off to hunt for 
dogs. The eldest went to the right, the second to the left, and 
the third one, Felix, went straight ahead till he came to a castle 
where lived a white cat. He told her about the dog, and she said 
she would give him one if he would stay with her till the end of 
the year. So he did, and when the time came to part they both 
shed tears. The white cat gave Felix a walnut, saying, “The 
dog is in that.” The other brothers had lovely dogs, but when 
Felix cracked the walnut out dropped a filbert. He thought it 
was a trick ; but when he cracked the filbert there was the loveliest 
dog in the world. “ You have won ! ” said the king, but now try 
which one can bring me the finest piece of linen. The elder 
princes brought pieces that would go through a wedding-ring and 
ear-ring, but Felix cracked a filbert inside of which was a cherry- 
stone, and inside the cherry-stone forty yards of stuff that could 
be drawn through the eye of a needle. “You have won again ! ” 
said the king ; but now see who can find the most beautiful lady 
for a wife. When the time came round the white cat said to 
Felix, “Cut off my head !” “ No, no !” said the prince, “ I love 

you too well !” “ Do as I tell you !” said the white cat, and the 

prince cut off her head, and there stood before him the loveliest 
princess in the world. The old king said, “You have won, Felix; 
and you shall be king !” But he did not care to be king, but left 
the crown to his brothers and went to live with his dear princess 
in the Castle of the White Cat. 



THE BLUEBIRD. 



NCE upon a time 
there was a very rich 
king whose wife 
died, leaving him a beautiful 
daughter, named Flora. And 
he married again, and the 
new queen also had a daugh- 
ter, who was neither accom- 
plished nor beautiful. She was called Trou- 
tina, because her face was covered with 
freckles, like the spots on the back of a 
trout. But the fairy, Soressio, was her 
godmother, and she was dressed in robes 
of splendor, while poor Flora was 
clothed in rags and dirt. When it 
became known that Prince Charming 
was in search of a wife, the queen de- 
termined he should marry her daugh- 
ter ; but he caught sight of Flora, who 
needed not dress to set off her charms, 
and he had eyes for no one else. The 
queen was furious ; and to punish him 
the fairy changed him to a Bluebird, and Flora was locked up in 
a tower. But the Bird flew here and there, and at last found his 
dear Flora and sang love-songs at her window. He brought her 
rich gifts from his own castle, and the two had sweet talks together. 
The queen found it out and set traps around the window, so he 
could not get near it, and he thought Flora had proved false, and 
she wept because he came no more. Meanwhile a friend of the 
princes, an enchanter, went all over the world in search of him, and 



found him at last, wounded and nearly dead. He took the poor 
Bluebird from the tree, stanched its blood, and then set out to 
have a talk with Soressio. The prince was on the point of losing 
his throne, and the fairy would not change him back to his own 
shape unless he would marry Troutina. In the meantime Flora 
was pining herself to death, and one day she set off in disguise in 
search of Prince Charming. She reached his palace, and by means 
of a whispering gallery near where he slept, made her presence 
known, and assured him of her continued love and Troutina’s 
treachery. The enchanter and another kind fairy joined forces 
against Soressio, and changed Troutina to a pig, and Prince 
Charming and Flora were married, and great was the joy of all 
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